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Show THERE WAS THAT POSSIBILITY And Virginia Lad Might Have Seen Something of the Sort Happen Occasionally. A Virginian, recently elected judge and feeling keenly the-responsibilities of his exalted position, was coining on horseback along a road in a remote section ot his district. He saw a smoke on a hillside. "Hoy," lie said to a lad who was loaiing alongside the road, "is that smoke up there from a still?" "Yes, sir, I reckon it is," the boy replied. "What are they winking up there?" "Might be makin' some apple brandy," The judge jumped from his horse. "Here, boy,' he said, "hold this horse. I'm going up there and stop that. They can't flout the law in that manner in my district." The boy took the reins and the judge climbed the fence and started toward the smoke. After he had gone a few steps the boy shouted : "Oh. mister !" "What is it? asked the judge. "Kffen you don't come bark, what must I do with the horse?" Saturday Evening Tost. Dare, and the world yields. 1 |